Stele of Djedatumiufankh, 664-525 BC. Were it not for the inscription in sunk relief and the man's name of a type that does not occur until the Third Intermediate Period, this stele could be easily mistaken for a work of the Old Kingdom, and for a long time it was. In fact, it was made 2,000 years later, in Dynasty 26, when artists turned to the past for inspiration.

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Keywords: 26, art, brown, cleveland, dynasty, egypt, heritage, late, museum, period, quartzite, sculpture, unknown